Kwenzekeni
I-Fortune, ukushicilela kabusha ukubika kuka-Nir Kshetri kanye ne-The Conversation, ichaza amaphrojekthi esikhungo sedatha e-China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Portugal nase-United States asebenzisa ingqalasizinda engaphansi kwamanzi noma entantayo ukusekela ukusebenzisa ikhompuyutha kwe-AI. Izindlela zincike ngokwengxenye ekupholiseni kwamanzi olwandle futhi, kwezinye izimo, amandla avuselelekayo olwandle. Lo mbiko uthi isikhungo saseChina saseHainan sangena emisebenzini yezentengiselwano ephelele ngoMeyi 2026, kanti amanye amaphrojekthi asalokhu eyisivivinyo, iziphakamiso noma izinsiza ezisakhiwa.
U-Fortune ushicilele umbiko ngo-Agasti 25, 2026, ngaphansi komugqa ka-Nir Kshetri kanye ne-The Conversation. Ibeka ukuthuthukiswa njengendlela yokusabela emhlabeni, amandla, amanzi kanye nezingcindezi zekhabhoni ezihlobene ne-AI boom. Lo mbiko uchaza izinhlobo ezimbalwa zengqalasizinda esekelwe olwandle kunobuchwepheshe obubodwa obujwayelekile: amamojula avaliwe abekwe phansi olwandle, iziqukathi ezimaphakathi nedatha ezibekwe ezisekelweni ezintantayo, kanye nezindawo ezisemhlabeni ezidonsa amanzi olwandle ukuze apholise. Lawa maphrojekthi ethulwa njengemizamo yokubhekana nezingqinamba ezizungeze ingqalasizinda ye-AI, hhayi njengobufakazi bokuthi isikhona imboni yedatha yaphesheya kwezilwandle esele ikhona.
Umbiko ulandelela umqondo ohlelweni lokucwaninga lwesikhungo sedatha ngaphansi kwamanzi lwe-Microsoft, olwaqalwa ngo-2015. Ngo-2018, i-Microsoft yabeka isikhungo sedatha esivaliwe esinamaseva angu-864 olwandle eduze kwase-Orkney Islands yaseScotland. Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, i-Microsoft ibike ukuthi amaseva kuyunithi engaphansi kwamanzi ehlulekile cishe kokukodwa-kwesishiyagalombili kwezinga lamaseva asekelwe emhlabeni aqhathaniswayo. Le nkampani yacabanga ukuthi indawo evaliwe inciphisa ukuchayeka kumoya-mpilo, umswakama kanye nezinguquko zezinga lokushisa kanye nokuphazamiseka okulinganiselwe ngokomzimba okuvela emsebenzini wokulungisa. I-Fortune ithi i-Microsoft yaqeda iphrojekthi ngo-2024 futhi ayizange idalule ukuthi kungani; ukuhlaziya kwangaphandle okubalulwe embikweni kusikisela izimfuneko zokulawula kanye nobunzima bokuthuthukisa noma ukubuyisela amathuluzi okungenzeka kube nomthelela.
I-Fortune ibika ukuthi indawo engaphansi kwamanzi yase-Hainan yase-China, echazwe njengesikhungo sedatha esisebenza ngaphansi kwamanzi sokuqala esisebenza ngomoya, esathulwa ngoJuni 2025 futhi saqala ukusebenza ngokugcwele kwezohwebo ngoMeyi 2026. Le phrojekthi engu-$226 million kubikwa ukuthi isebenzisa ukupholisa amanzi olwandle futhi idla okungenani ugesi ongaphansi ngo-30% kunezikhungo zedatha evamile. Lo mbiko ubuye uchaze ukuhlolwa kwesiteji esintantayo eduze kwaseYokohama, eJapane, kusetshenziswa iziqukathi zokuthutha, amaphaneli elanga namabhethri; indawo entantayo enezitezi ezine uKeppel aqala ukuyakha eSingapore futhi elindele ukuyivula ngo-2028; kanye nokuhlela e-Ulsan, eSouth Korea, kwesikhungo esingaphansi kwamanzi esingahlalisa amaseva angaphezu kuka-100,000. Ezinye izibonelo zifaka indawo ehlongozwayo enamandla olwandle e-Maine nase-Portugal's SIN01 indawo e-Sines, esebenzisa amanzi olwandle e-Atlantic ukupholisa.
Umthombo awuziqinisekisi ngokuzimela izibalo zokusebenza kwamaphrojekthi, ukuqina kwezentengiso noma imiphumela yemvelo. Ukongiwa okubikiwe ikakhulukazi izimangalo ezivela ezinkampanini, osonkontileka noma izincazelo zephrojekthi ezicashunwe ngabakwaFortune. Ezinye izinhlelo zisalokhu ziyiziphakamiso noma izivivinyo, futhi i-athikili ayinikezi izilinganiso eziqhathanisekayo kuzo zonke izikhungo, imininingwane yomthwalo wekhompyutha owenziwayo, noma ukubalwa kwezimali okugcwele kokwakhiwa, amakhebula, amandla avuselelekayo kanye nezindleko zokubuyiswa.
Imininingwane yomthombo: fortune.com ↗
Kungani kubalulekile
Izikhungo zedatha ye-AI zidinga ugesi omningi, ukupholisa kanye nendawo ebonakalayo. Ukuhambisa ingqalasizinda ethile iye kude nogu kunganciphisa ingcindezi emhlabeni kanye namanzi ahlanzekile ahlanzekile futhi kungase kugweme ukuphikiswa kwendawo ezindaweni ezinkulu zasogwini. Kodwa ukuthunyelwa kolwandle akukuqedi ukusetshenziswa kwamandla noma ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni, futhi ukuchithwa okushisayo, ukulungiswa okunzima, imvume yemvelo kanye nezindleko zokulondoloza isikhathi eside ezingacacile zingadala izingozi ezintsha zomphakathi.
Ukwenza ikhompuyutha kwe-AI kukhulisa isidingo sezikhungo ezinkulu zedatha, okunomthelela odlula amaseva ngokwawo. Badinga ugesi wokubala, amandla engeziwe okupholisa, amanzi noma ezinye izinto zokupholisa, namaphasela amakhulu omhlaba axhunywe kugesi kanye namanethiwekhi okuxhumana. I-Fortune ibika ukuthi imiklamo esekelwe olwandle inganciphisa isidingo somhlaba kanye namanzi ahlanzekile ahlanzekile, kuyilapho umoya wasogwini lolwandle, ukukhiqizwa kwe-solar noma ama-tidal kunganciphisa ukuthembela kugesi wegridi noma izibaseli ezimbiwa phansi kumaphrojekthi athile. Lezo zinzuzo ezingaba khona zibalulekile emiphakathini ebhekene nokuncintisana ngendawo, amanzi kanye nezinsiza zikagesi.
Umbuzo wendawo nawo unobukhulu bokwamukelwa komphakathi. U-Fortune ucaphuna inhlolovo ye-Gallup yangoMashi 2026 lapho u-70% wamaMelika aphikisana nokwakhiwa kwezikhungo zedatha ye-AI emiphakathini yabo. Izinsiza ezingasogwini zinganciphisa imithelela ethile eqondile yendawo, njengokuguqulwa komhlaba, umsindo nokuthuthukiswa kwezimboni ezibonakalayo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, lo mbiko uphawula ukuthi ngaphezu kwengxenye yabantu bomhlaba bahlala endaweni engamakhilomitha angu-120 ukusuka ogwini, okusikisela ukuthi ukubekwa ogwini angeke kubeke ikhompuyutha kude nabasebenzisi. Lokho kuba seduze kungasiza ukusebenza kwenethiwekhi, nakuba umthombo unganikezeli ukubambezeleka okulinganiselwe noma ukuqhathanisa kwekhwalithi yesevisi.
Ukuhwebelana kwezemvelo akuwona nje umhlaba uma uqhathaniswa nolwandle. Ukupholisa amanzi olwandle kunganciphisa isidingo samanzi ahlanzekile kanye nogesi odingekayo ukuze ufakwe esiqandisini, kodwa ukubuyisela amanzi afudumele olwandle kungase kuthinte amazinga endawo komoyampilo, i-pH kanye nezinto eziphilayo zasolwandle. I-Fortune ibika ukuthi usonkontileka wobunjiniyela wesikhungo sase-China sase-Hainan ulinganise izinga lokushisa kwamanzi olwandle elingaphansi kuka-1 degree Celsius eduze nendawo, kuyilapho i-SIN01 yase-Portugal ibuyisela amanzi cishe ngo-1 degree Celsius ukufudumala. Lokho kubuka kuchaza izilinganiso ezenziwe zasendaweni, hhayi ukuhlola okuqinisekile komthelela we-ecosystem. Umbiko uxwayisa ngokuthi ukushisa okunqwabelanayo okuvela ezindaweni eziningi kungaveza ukungcola okushisayo ezindaweni lapho izinhlobo zasolwandle zincike emazingeni okushisa azinzile.
Umthombo uphinde ubeke udaba esimweni sezulu esibanzi: izilwandle sezivele ziyafudumala, futhi i-UNESCO ilinganisela ukuthi cishe ama-60% ezinto eziphilayo zasolwandle zonakalisiwe noma zisetshenziswa ngendlela engafanele. Ngakho-ke ingqalasizinda yasolwandle ingase isuse eminye imithwalo isuke ezindaweni ezihlala abantu iyise kuhlelo lwemvelo oselungaphansi kwengcindezi. Ukubaluleka kwenzuzo yomphakathi kuncike ekutheni abaqhubi bangakhombisa yini ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi ahlanzekile okuncishisiwe noma ugesi osebenzayo ophansi wedlula umthelela wokwakhiwa, izintambo, amahange, imikhumbi, ukubuyiswa kwezinto zokusebenza kanye nokuchithwa okushisayo. I-Fortune ayinikezi ukuqhathanisa okuphelele komjikelezo wempilo nezikhungo zedatha ye-AI esekelwe emhlabeni, ngakho-ke umphumela wengqikithi yemvelo uhlala ungaziwa.
I-Interactive Mechanism: Indlela Esebenza Ngayo Ngempela
Hlola ubuchwepheshe obuyisisekelo ngemuva kwalokhu kuthuthukiswa ngokuhlanganyela.
What should a useful AI forecast state?
Ongakubuka ngokulandelayo
Imibuzo ebalulekile iwukuthi ingabe izindawo ezisekelwe olwandle zingasebenza ngokuthembekile esikalini sezentengiselwano, noma izimangalo zazo zezemvelo zibambelela ngaphansi kokulinganisa okuzimele, nokuthi abalawuli babela kanjani isibopho ngemithelela yasolwandle. Buka ubufakazi bokukhishwa komjikelezo wempilo, izinguquko ezishisayo zamanzi olwandle, imiphumela ku-ecosystem yasolwandle, ukulungisa izinto, imijikelezo yokushintshwa kwemishini, umshwalense nezimvume, kanye nokuthi amaphrojekthi ayaqhubeka yini ngaphandle kokuhlola kanye neziphakamiso.
Ukunakekela kuwukuhlolwa kokusebenza okucacile. I-Fortune ibika ukuthi ikhompuyutha ehlulekile endaweni engaphansi kwamanzi ayikwazi ukulungiswa noma ukushintshwa endaweni; yonke imojula evaliwe ingase idinge ukulethwa phezulu. Lokho kungenza ukuthuthukiswa okujwayelekile kuhambe kancane futhi kubize kakhulu kunasesikhungweni esisekelwe emhlabeni, lapho ochwepheshe bengakwazi ukufinyelela amaseva ngamanye. Buka idatha eshicilelwe yamazinga okuhluleka ngemva kokuhlolwa kokuqala kwe-Microsoft, ukuvama kokubuyisa, izinqubo zokumiselela, isikhathi sokuphumula, ukugqwala, ukulimala kwekhebula kanye nekhono lokufaka izingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha ezintsha njengoba amasistimu e-AI ashintsha ngokushesha.
Ukulawulwa kanye nokuziphendulela kuzonquma ukuthi amaphrojekthi ahlongozwayo abe nengqalasizinda ehlala isikhathi eside yini. Izikhungo zasogwini zingadinga izimvume zemvelo kanye nokwengamela okubandakanya iziphathimandla zasogwini, abalawuli basolwandle, izikhungo zamandla kanye nezithakazelo zezokudoba. Umthombo uthi ukukhathazeka ngemithetho kungenzeka kube phakathi kwezizathu i-Microsoft engazange ikhulise iphrojekthi yayo, kodwa i-Microsoft ayizange isho izizathu zayo esidlangalaleni. Umbiko wesikhathi esizayo kufanele uhlonze ukuthi yiziphi izikhungo ezigunyaza indawo ngayinye, ikuphi ukugada olwandle okudingekayo, okhokhela ukulungiswa ngemva kokwehluleka, kanye nendlela opharetha abadalula ngayo izinga lokushisa, izinto ezikhishwayo kanye nedatha yemvelo.
Izimangalo zezentengiso zidinga ukuhlolwa okuzimele. Ukwehliswa kukagesi okungama-30% kwesikhungo sase-China kanye nephrojekthi ehleliwe ye-Ulsan kunengqondo kuphela uma zisebenzisa imithwalo yomsebenzi eqhathanisekayo, izimo zezulu, imithombo yamandla kanye nemingcele yokubala. Ukuqhathanisa okufanelekile kufanele kubandakanye amandla kanye negesi ekhishwayo ehlobene nokukhiqiza izakhiwo ezivaliwe, ukwakha izinto zokusebenza ezivuselelekayo ngasogwini, izintambo zokubeka, amamojula okuthutha, ukubuyisa ihadiwe ehlulekile kanye nokuyekisa ukusebenza kwesikhungo. Kufanele futhi ihlukanise ugesi wokupholisa oncishisiwe ekusetshenzisweni kwamandla kwesikhungo sedatha.
Okokugcina, bheka ukuthi amaphrojekthi ayathuthuka yini ukusuka ekubonisweni kuya ekusetshenzisweni okuphindaphindwayo. Ukuhlolwa kuka-Yokohama kuhlelelwe ukuthi kuqhubeke kuze kube ngoMashi 2027, kanti indawo yase-Keppel yaseSingapore ihlelelwe ukuvulwa ngo-2028, kuyilapho amaphrojekthi e-Maine nase-Ulsan achazwa yi-Fortune eyiziphakamiso noma imizamo yokuhlela. Ubufakazi obuwusizo buzobandakanya ukusebenza okuqhubekayo, umthwalo osindayo wamakhasimende, ukukalwa kwemvelo okusobala kanye nemiphumela yezezimali. Kuze kube lobo bufakazi butholakala, izikhungo zedatha ye-AI ezisekelwe olwandle ziqondwa kangcono njengesethi yokuhlolwa okusebenzayo nokubheja kwengqalasizinda, hhayi ukumiselela okuqinisekisiwe kwezindawo ezisekelwe emhlabeni.